a warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies

[ Syn: chinook wind , snow eater ]

a member of an important North American Indian people who controlled the mouth of the Columbia river; they were organized into settlements rather than tribes

[ Syn: chinook ]

pink or white flesh of large Pacific salmon

[ Syn: chinook salmon , king salmon ]

a Penutian language spoken by the Chinook

[ Syn: chinookan , chinook ]

large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after spawning

[ Syn: chinook salmon , king salmon , quinnat salmon , oncorhynchus tshawytscha ]